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10.18498/amailad.993279

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The Connection of the Qur’ān with Some Artistic Branches in Islamic Understanding and Orientalist Approach

Abstract

From the moment it was revealed, the Qur'ān has been at the center of the activities of Muslims. It has been the subject of studies in terms of its effects on the formation and development of various branches of art, as well as its reading and writing. In classical Islamic literature, it is difficult to find works that directly refer to all the branches of art known today. However, in this article, it is aimed to research the position of the Qur’ān in artistic fields, especially in calligraphy and architecture, of which many points have been evaluated by the classical Islamic scholars. Of course, it is determinative within the framework of which world view and imagination artistic activities are handled. Artistic activities created by a Qur’ān-centered understanding of life have found reference to itself in every period either directly from verses and hadiths or from an Islamic practice. The same point applies to some branches of art that are not considered Islamically legitimate. In the contemporary orientalist approach, the subject is built on elements such as jinn and magic that had a place in pre-Islamic Arab society. This style of approach preferred to explain the approach of Islam to the branches of art as the effect of pre-Islamic cultures rather than accepting it as a unique application area. However, this review will not be carried out as an art history research. The science of readings and tajwîd scholars agree that the reading [qiraat] and writing of the Qur’ān [kitabat], as well as its reading [tilavat], reach the prophet exactly [tawatur]. In this study, approaches to the use of voice and mode in the recitation of the Qur’ān, in which some of the practices of the Prophet are narrated in terms of vocalization and phonetics, will be discussed as a separate title. Contrary to some fields of art that are explicitly forbidden in Islamic texts, such as the painting of living beings and the making of human sculptures due to their resemblance to the idols worshiped, the Qur’ān recitation has a constitutive effect in the formation and development of Islamic societies. At this point, there is the opportunity to reach an abundant amount of information in the classical Islamic literature. From the early times, the recitation and tajwid scholars have been very sharp in determining the rules to be applied during the recitation of the Qur’ān. While explaining these rules, the ways of reading that are not found appropriate in the recitation of the Qur’ān are also mentioned. In addition to revealing the prohibited reading styles with various examples, incentive elements conveyed from the Prophet are stated. In addition, the experience reached at this point in the history of Islam and its effective use are included. The way in which the branches of art are included in the Islamic approach has found a lot of place in orientalist evaluations. Contemporary orientalist thought, attention was drawn to the role of Qur’ān recitation in the formation of Islamic societies, among other fields. It is one of the aims of the study to allow a general comparison of the Islamic approach and orientalist evaluations. While the Islamic evaluation is based on the fact that the Qur’ān is the divine word, the fact that the recitation and especially the musical elements are active in the orientalist approach has been understood as the fact that some artistic elements in the society where the Qur’ān was revealed were active. The orientalist approach claims that the distinction between "sacred" and "secular" is introduced in this way. This study will try to prove that the approach of contemporary orientalism, which can be generalized as there is no originality in Islam, is a false assessment. Although it is difficult to find direct sources in the classical Islamic literature related to all the new branches of art that emerged in modern times, it is seen that there is a sufficient source of resources in terms of music in the context of calligraphy, architecture and Qur’ān recitation. It is very easy to reach the sources created on the basis of the contemporary orientalist approach. Therefore, it can be said that contemporary period evaluations are mostly included in this study.

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